ILAR WORKSHOP ON REGULATION OF LABORATORY ANIMALS - IS IT TIME TO RETHINK POLICY?
Release Date: May 2, 2001
NOTICE: NOT-OD-01-036
National Institutes of Health
The Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR), National Research
Council, National Academy of Sciences will hold a workshop May 21-22,
2001, in the National Academy of Sciences Auditorium, Washington, D.C.,
as part of a series of ILAR Workshops on Regulatory Issues in Animal
Care and Use.
The purpose of this workshop is to determine whether ILAR should
conduct a study to make recommendations on consolidating regulations of
laboratory animals. Speakers will address current regulations for
laboratory animals as well as proposed new regulations under the Animal
Welfare Act (AWA), highlight current practices for laboratory animal
care including instances of duplication of oversight as well as
institutions not covered under any regulation. Other presentations
will focus on possible alternative oversight schemes, animal welfare
considerations and legislative issues. The workshop will close with a
panel discussion of whether ILAR should conduct a study on evaluation
of duplication of regulations, or even more broadly, whether ILAR
should make recommendations to achieve a more efficient, less
duplicative approach to regulation of laboratory animals that will
ensure the best science inextricably linked to the best animal welfare?
The meeting agenda is posted under "Upcoming Workshop" at:
http://www4.nas.edu/cls/ilarhome.nsf/web/what's_new?OpenDocument
The workshop is sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences Program
Initiation Fund, the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, NIH, and
Merck Research Laboratories.
The meeting is open with no charge, but those wanting to attend must
register. Please send name, affiliation and complete contact
information (phone, fax, e-mail) to:
Ms. Kathleen Beil
Institute for Laboratory Animal Research
2101 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20418
Phone: (202) 334-1264
Fax: (202) 334-1687
e-mail: kbeil@nas.edu
INQUIRIES
For questions or further information, contact:
Carol Wigglesworth
Senior Policy Analyst
Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)
Office of Extramural Research, NIH
6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 1050
Bethesda, MD 20892-7982
Phone: 301-402-5913
Fax: 301-402-2803
email: wigglesc@od.nih.gov